Third Sunday of Lent - Luke 13:1-9

Luke 13:1-9 The parable of the fig tree speaks of the urgency of the call to conversion.

1 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered thus?
3 I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.

6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?’
8 And he answered him, ‘Let it alone, sir, this year also, till I dig about it and put on manure.
9 And if it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.

Pilate probably killed the Galileans because he feared a rebellion which would have led to him loosing his political position because the people in Rome would have thought that he could not control the Jews.
The people killed at the Siloam aqueduct were working for the Romans.
The Pharisees were opposed to using force or cooperating with the Romans and would have said that these deceased
people had it coming to them.
In this reading Jesus says that neither the Galileans or the construction workers at Siloam should be blamed for their death.
Instead of blaming others and accusing them of sins that brought on their destruction everyone should look to the future and their own day of judgment.
Will we be ready for our own judgment on the day of our death,?

It doesn’t make a difference if a person dies in an accident or miraculously survives, eventually we will all die.
But we will not stay dead, the righteous will go to heaven (Rev. 21:7) and the faithless will go to “the lake that burns” (Rev. 21:8). Those in need of purification will go to purgatory (Mt. 5:24-25; Rev. 21:27).
We hear the owner, God, of the vineyard, Israel, telling
the Vinedresser, Jesus, to cut down the fruitless tree, us.
The next step would have be to throw it into the fire, (Nah. 3:15; Mt. 3:10; Mt. 7:19; Lk. 3:9) but no the Jesus, wants to give us another chance, He wants to provide us with every opportunity for growth.
Have you been enjoying God’s special treatment without giving anything back?

Have you failed to bear good fruit?
This reading tells us it is now time to begin bearing good fruit or suffer the self-imposed consequences.

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Third Sunday of Lent - Luke 13:1-9

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